Democracy and Class Society

This article was originally published as Chapter 6 in “Democracy and Class Society,” a book produced by the PSL in 2008. “I give you, gentlemen, the Supreme Court of the United States—guardian of the dollar, ...

November 4, 2008, is Election Day in the United States. Tens of millions of people will cast their vote for the next president of the United States. The 2008 elections have several interesting features. It ...

One of the many profound contributions that Karl Marx and Frederick Engels made to the cause of socialist revolution was their analysis of the relationship between the economy and other aspects of society, like politics ...

The word “democracy” brings to mind many meanings and connotations. For many, it denotes the participation of citizens in government. It carries the sense of equal rights for all members of society. The principle of ...

Where did the word “democracy” originate? What did it mean to the people who first used the term? Democracy” comes from the fusion of two Greek words, “demos” (the people) and “kratein” (to rule). Athens, ...

A tale of two classes More than any other revolution before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1789 inspired people across the globe to look beyond the societies in which they lived and ...

In history and civics classrooms all over the United States, students are taught from an early age to revere the “Founding Fathers” for drafting a document that is the bulwark of democracy and freedom—the U.S. ...

This article first appeared in the December 2004 issue of Socialism and Liberation, on the heels of the controversial last presidential election. It has been slightly edited for clarity. About one week prior to the ...

More than 300 million people live in the United States. Of these, over 10 percent—nearly 30 million people—have no right to vote. The number who will be blocked from voting keeps going up. In April ...

Since when did unions become a special interest? Many people complain about the influence of “special interests” in politics. Reformers claim that lobbying on behalf of these special interests distorts the democratic voting process during ...